storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with us. what can we expect on this day ahead, tom?> how about the best day of the labor day weekend under way. good morning. we have a mostly clear sky and it is fresh and cool. the humidity has dropped overnight and we'll stay with lower humidity throughout much of the day ahead. we have a turquoise and tangerine sky here at dawn this morning. sunrise, though, is still about 40 minutes away. that's going to be coming up at 6:41. and by then will be in the upper 60s through 7:00 to 8:00 and then jumping into the 70s by mid morning and hitting the low 80s by noontime. then midafternoon in the upper 80s with lower humidity, just a few clouds floating through the sky this morning and the storm team 4 radar not showing any rain anywhere in the vicinity. look at the temperatures. they've dipped down into the upper 50s to near 60 further north and west. the metro area in the fresh and cool low 60s. a look at the rest of the labor day weekend into next week coming up. >> tom, thank you so very much. >>> new this morning, suitland parkway jus

meteorologist tom kierein in the weather center with what we can expect.g. >>> it is a perfect late summer day. on this sunday morning starting off, you will notice the lower humidity in place. it is still comfortably cool in the akts to around 70 degrees and our camera overlooking uni station. showing a gentle breeze there flapping the flag and we are flooded with sunshine all around the region, less humid today. a little moreid

. >> let's check in with tom kierein. the storm team 4 weather center. hat we can expect for the rest of our weekend. hey, tom. >> cloudy but not wet here in the metro area. as we look at the storm team 4 radar right now, getting a little bit of light rain, south of washington and southern maryland, lower part of the eastern shore. over the last hour, the area of rain in virginia is shrinking in size and intent sity. heavier rain eastern part of the northern neck. it's light rain. the metro area all dry here, just a cloudy sky and it looks like this rain is going to stay well south of the metro area for much of the day ahead. there's the tower camera showing our gray sky and cool temperatures. right now low to mid-60s nearby suburbs in washington. mid-60s around the bay. shenandoah valley in the upper 50s and mid-50s out in the mountains. a lot of clouds there as well. maybe a little bit of drizzle around the skyline drive right now as well as parts of the shenandoah valley. look at our rain chances for the rest of the weekend. that's coming up in a few m

>> i'm ready for pumpkins. >> let's see what tom kierein can deliver. i've got a blueberry mango yogurt sunrise under way. here's a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. looking off to the east, a promising start to this sunday morning. just a few clouds are floating through. that's part of a front that's bringing in some lower humidity and some cooler temperatures. over the last few hours you have a few sprinkles right around winchester. storm team 4 radar not showing any rain around the vicinity as this front is coming through dry this morning. temperatures are beginning to drop out of the mountains as is the humidity. shenandoah valley and points west. mid-60s. nearby suburbs. downtown near 70 right near the bay water asnd that that bright sun coming up. we'll have a look at how long this fresh change may last and the forecast for the paypal visit for the coming week. that's coming right up. >> thank you, tom. >>> happening today, the long awaited silver spring transit center is opening. can you believe it? the three-year, $140 million projec

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us now. good to see you. >> good to see you. it has been a treatmenty summer day. we had it turn a little less humid although still kind of steamy and certainly has been a bit cooler. afternoon highs peaked in the mid-80s around 3:00. we're cooling down a bit. here's a look at a sublime summer evening. some sunshine breaking through the clouds. temperatures now down into the low 80s. much of the region, reagan national at 84. great night for baseball. play ball. the nationals take on the atlanta braves at 7:05 first pitch and temperatures by then in the low 80s and seventh inning upper 70s. mid-70s by the last out and the nats are still alive. hang in there. look at our forecast for the rest of the labor day weekend coming up inner loop the red cities in multimillion dollar quarterback question has been answered. robert griffin iii stays. >> cut him or keep him. redskins knew they had to pay him. robert griffin iii has to be cleared from his concussion to play. but jeff darlington reported red kins had already made up their mind

. >> tom kierein standing by in the storm team 4 weather center. you think we will be able to kick off humidity? >> yea, just in time for the labor day weekend. a lot of clouds around courtesy of the northeast wind bringing the clouds in off the atlantic. they are not producing rain locally. no showers, a few southeast of virginia. they are breaking up on the storm team 4 radar not showing rain anywhere around delaware, maryland, virginia, west virginia. starting off with the cloud cover, temperatures are mild. it is still kind of muggy and humid. we are in the low to mid-70s. metro area, nearby suburbs. around the bay, mid and upper 70s. sunshine is breaking up. cambridge at 77. west virginia around 70 degrees. 60s out in the mountains. there's the cloud cover over washington. a live view from the tower camera. the clouds are going to break up by noontime. 1:00, low 80s. mid-80s by afternoon under a partly cloudy sky. the lower humidity moves in after that overnight and into sunday. a look at that coming up. >> thank you, tom. >>> let's get back t

we can check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> we have rain moving into the area out of the south and west. if you are heading to the maryland game or a high school football game, you have to have a poncho or maybe an umbrella. likely the showers will continue into the afternoon. storm team 4 radar and the broad area of rain from west virginia to shenandoah valley and northern virginia. this is coming into the metro area and sweeping into maryland. getting thunder and lightning half way through fredericksburg. that area of lightning coming to the northern neck. thupder and lightning to the rest of luray tracking up the shenandoah valley. pockets of moderate downpours. into northern fauquier county, east of there is light rain in prince william, fairfax and montgomery. a batch of heavier downpour to the east of fredericksburg into charles county. it may be moving into prince george's county. that's coming in a few minutes. >> thanks. 8:32 now. breaking news out of prince william county. one man is dead after a shooting in gainsville. police found two victims in a parki

got tom kierein. tomnnounced the rain-free hours of the day.u can make plans to run errands. >> the village at leesburg is having its cruise in the village car show at noon today. the leesburg air show is also happening from 11:00 to 4:00. >>> you're watching news 4 today. >>> a wife and a mother in prince george's county now dealing with the loss of her husband. >> that struggle now even tougher. a week ago today, a fire gutted her home during her husband's funeral. only on news 4. darcy spencer went back to that house as the family tries to salvage whatever they can. >> reporter: coral wilson walks into the burned out shell that, until last saturday, she called home. >> the fire started up this stair rail at the top. >> reporter: that's what she learned from fire investigators. she want here when it happened. she was at her husband's funeral on what would have been his 60th birthday. >> it could have been all of us just get trapped in here. >> reporter: the cell phone video shows how quickly the spring dale house was consumed by flames. inves

well -- >> well, time to meet the weather. >> tom kierein, everybody. >> definitely cooler. if i were you, i would tell people the complaint department is closed. >> yeah. >> right? >> well, we'll know more later. >> but next week -- >> seven day it looks really nice. i'm all over that. >> unless you're a lawn, you're not happy. i mean, we really do need some rain. we have had only about two inches just since the first of august. we did get a few sprinkles early this morning after yesterday's beneficial rains. right now, storm team 4 radar those little patches of green we are getting a little bit of light rain just to the south and east of the metro area. that's in the northern neck of virginia and along 95. that's tracking into prince george's county and st. mary's into southern calvert and off to the mountains a few more sprinkles there. that's part of the disturbance in the upper level of the atmosphere that's drifting over the metro area later this afternoon. that might trigger a few sprinkles. a few clouds floating in a blue sky. that's the live view there from our towe

tom kierein will track hon hot it will get in your neighborhood.s coming up. >>> we are going to take you also live to andrews air show where the thunderbirds are getting ready to take flight. there's still time to get a good spot. >>> your top stories at 8:30. a man is eseriously hurt after someone shot him in the head in east washington. police found him this morning breathing and unconscious. >>> another shooting overnight. this one killed a man. the gunfire started around 1:00 this morning on 28th street near alabama avenue. officers think a honda civic they found near the scene may help lead them to a suspect. >>> thousands of cubans are anxiously waiting pope francis's arrival this afternoon. the pope will meet with cuban president raul cats trstro and brother fidel. >>> a lot of people excited this the thunderbirds air show after a few years without it.ç derrick ward will give you the inside scoop in about 15 minutes or so. >> just going to the see the planes even on the grounded is so impressive. >> so cool. >> 8:32 right now. if you have

we want to check in with tom kierein with more on this west forecast. >> yeah.ning i said we might get a few sprinkles sunday morning. here it is, sunday morning windchill e are getting a few sprinkles. the areas moving green coming out of virginia heading into west virginia and maryland. most of it is west of i-95. scattered. light sprinkles. the northeast and washington getting a few sprinkles and just outside into prince george's county getting a few sprinkles into largo and marlboro. and farther to the west getting a few and prince william, these again advancing to the north and the metro area. cool morning. you're in the 50s right in washington. low 60s. low 60s right around the bay. it's like a wet pattern setting up here for much of the week ahead. look at our rain chances. that's ahead in a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. this morning more than a dozen people are recovering after a stage collapsed in arizona. police say the crowd may have pushed the stage causing it to collapse. nine people were taken to the hospital. it happened near phoenix yesterday.

tom kierein is back at 8:45 with the temperatures as they go right back down. guys? >>> just mentioned folks in california could sure use some of the news. one fire has now wiped out 700 homes in northern california. the valley fire has grown to twice the size of san francisco. it's only 15% contained. and now we're learning more about an elderly woman killed in the blaze. she had severe multiple sclerosis and couldn't get out of her home in time. more than 20,000 people have evacuated the area. other wildfires continue to burn in washington state and oregon. >>> the college professor gunned down in his own office is being remembered as a star on campus at delta state university in mississippi. dr. ethan schmidt taught american history and was well published in his field. he was shot and killed yesterday by another delta state teacher who killed himself as police closed in. the university president says he knew the murdered professor very well. >> i met him in that corner two years ago when he and i were knewbies on this campus. i just came here as president. mistook

. >> tom kierein has my favorite pa backdrop of the morning at the tidal basin. >> no matter what time of year it always beautiful here at the tidal basin, jefferson memorial lit up. the waters are calm, like glass, hardly any wind around this morning. we had a few sprinkles coming through, though. i'm here with the storm team 4 by 4. if you look at the storm team radar and the nbc washington app, you'll see a few sprinkles now passing just north of washington and southern montgomery county, few sprinkles around silver spring to college park and east of there to northern prince george's county. later today, as you head out, have the umbrella handy. you may need it as you will be walking to the bus stop and the metro this morning. and likely you'll need it this afternoon with some showers likely coming through. melissa has an update on a crash. what is going on with that? >> update on the crash, right now, 95 southbound at 123, looks like it is just on to the left shoulder there. don't worry about that one anymore. arlington, 50 at fill more street. still have that accident. downtown, 1

tom kierein in at 5:45 with that. >> thanks, doug. >>> a live look at traffic on i-66. all have a love/hate relationship with this. one of the most congested roads in our region. but now there's a plan to outsmart the gridlock. >>> plus a new sports arena here in the district, but where it will be located has some questioning whether it will draw crowds or make them steer clear. >>> can a pair of sneakers, a gold necklace and a rosary solve a case of murder? a case of murder? i'm p i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank. >>> you're watching news 4 at 5:00. >>> and now at 5:30, a murder mystery in montgomery county. police hoping some personal belongings will help identify the victim. >> someone found the body along a trail in great seneca stream v

but let's check in with tom kierein who is here. it is chilly out this morning. >> yeah, temperatures down around 60 degrees now and we have a few scattered sprinkles lingering from yesterday's rain event. as we look at the storm team 4 radar they're showing up in green. that's tracking across northern virginia. getting sprinkles out in northern west virginia and then stay in the mountains here this morning. right now, this one line of showers that stretches from just north of fredericksburg right across stafford county, southern fauquier, southern prince william into fairfax, falls church, arlington, getting it, a few light sprinkles in montgomery county. that's moving right into the rest of montgomery county and into northern anne arundel over the next hour and so. kind of cool, near 60s in the nearby suburbs. farther to our west we're in the 50s, shenandoah valley out of the mountains chilly 45 now out in oakland. a look another our day ahead and the week ahead coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, tom. >>> well, we're waiting f

without missing a beat -- >> tom kierein's got it. >> "complicated." why does the weather have to be come contemplated. simplify. a little blue peeking out. i jut puft that out. a little shaft of sunlight there pouring down on the still all green trees here. it doesn't look like autumn yet but some leaves have begun to come down. they gave it up. turned brown and gave it up. we haven't had much rain. well north of the metro area. we're staying dry right here right now. few of these showers northeast of annapolis, looks like they'll pass west of annapolis. around the bay now with the sun breaking out there, too, it's already around 70. but we're in the low 60s and rather cool to even chilly shenandoah valley. eats only in the 50s. 50s in the mountains as well. if you're planning on a morning run or exercise, it's going to be quite nice am little bit of a breeze though gusting around 20 miles an hour. that will settle down. the sky cast 4 showing some breaks in the clouds continuing in the afternoon and seeing more blue by late afternoon. welcome sunshin

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here. hey, tom. >> a live look showing nice breaks in the clouds after we started off a little gloomy and gray. pave management is drying out and we'll get sunshine continuing break out. the radar history in the last few hours now passing through. getting other heavier downpours. that will be way west of us. it will stay there by later this morning. and right now metro area, storm team 4 not showing any rain around the region except on the eastern shore in chestertown tracking west of philadelphia. those showers will be moving and staying away from philadelphia for the mass this afternoon. it's rather cool. we're in the mid-50s. it's still rather cool here. a little bit of a breeze north and east. we're in the mid-60s. a look at this wet pattern that's going to begin to move in for the week ahead. our rain chances. that will be coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks so much, tom. pope francis's u.s. visit wraps up with what's expected to be the biggest of his u.s. trip. we want to take a look

. >> let's check in with storm team 4's tom kierein with the forecast. >> reporter: yes, we're at the fairfax middle school, it's empty now, but going to be next week 188,000 students go back in fairfax county next week. they're going to be starting 50 minutes late. so school buses will be on the roads testing out the new times. and otherwise, hazy and sunshine, and warming fast by midmorning, it will be around 80 degrees and quite humid as we get into the afternoon. let's check on the roads. >> yecks, right now, we do have problems, red line to shady grove, delays. as far as roads go, 15 southbound at motters station road, all lanes blocked. traffic being pushed on to st. anthony road. travel times, no problems, 270 south, and germantown, looking good. and in town and out of town looking quite good. remember to listen to our friends at wtop 105 p.m. in the car. >>> and an american hero telling jimmy fallon on the "tonight show." >>> in your workout, turns out it's not all in >>> 6:15 now, developing this morning, the son of a baltimore police commander is in jail, accused of murderin

. >>> first, let's turn to the weather and storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. looks like we will need the umbrella. >> you are right. no rain right in washington here in the storm team 4 weather center. closely watching showers tracking across northern virginia. they are getting closer to the metro area. south of it, thunder showers showing up. this is west of richmond. this cluster producing heavy downpours. right now, scattered sprinkles. the close up radar in green in fairfax and loudoun county. farther south, the area in yellow, south of warrenton and fauquier county. these showers getting closer to washington, nearby suburbs, prince george's and montgomery counties in the next hour or so. temperatures are cool. in the 50s north of the metro area. mid-60s in washington. mid to upper 60s around the chesapeake bay. i'll show you the hour-by-hour threat of rain in a few minutes. >> we'll check in with you. breaking news out of prince william county. a man is dead after a double shooting in gainsville. police found two victims in a parking lot before 2:00 this

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i'm tom kierein. i really have your hour-by-hour timing. >>> they're shaking hands but the president and vladimir putin on very different sides. the big issue bringing new light to a major world conflict. >>> right now, testimony on capitol hill involving the leader of planned parenthood. it's her first congressional appearance since secretly recorded videos sparked outrage and controversy that support to show officials casually describing how they sometimes obtain tissue from aborted fetuses. richards just told congress stressed that organ donations is a small part of the organization's work and blasted the videos. >> the outrageous accusations leveled against planned parenthood based on heavily doctored videos are offensive and categorically untrue. >> some gop lawmakers were hoping to cancel funding for planned parenthood or allow for a government shutdown. but mitch mcconnell stripped that ahead of today's vote. we'll continue to monitor that and bring you updates. >> thank you, david. >>> right n

. >> meteorologist tom kierein is on the storm team 4 deck with the forecast. how does it feel? >> it's light and breezy. the critics are loud. they're playing metallica. starting out this morning, we've got delightful sight in the sky, venus is about 50 million miles away. there may be showers in the shenandoah valley in the mountains later today. tomorrow, though, there could be problems. no problem for the morning commute, warm and dry and 70. afternoon commute, might need an umbrella. some of the roads may be wet west of the i-95. back to you. >>> upsetting images that sparked outrage worldwide how this journalist is being caught this morning after caught on camera tripping refugees. >>> like them or not, more driverless cars are >>> breaking news. i'm melissa mollet in the traffic center. take a look at this, connecticut avenue right now shut down at knowles avenue. if you're headed southbound on connecticut avenue you actually can turn left. that is the only thing you can do. take georgia avenue instead. it's going to be a big problem for a lots of folks. >>> in just hours

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is in silver springs with your bus stop forecast. how is it feeling out there, tom? >> oh, it is a beautiful morning. fresh and cool. we have a clear sky, not a cloud in the sky, first light of day showing up and the storm team 4 anemometer, it's barely moving. a gentle breeze. montgomery blair high school is the largest enrollment in montgomery county. there are 3,000 students. that's bigger than some colleges. that i will -- they will assemble here this morning. be watching out for students waiting for buses. with we'll have the -- we'll have the temperatures in the mid 70s and headed back home with lots of sunshine. it will be feeling like summertime. a hot afternoon. temperatures climbing into the low 90s. it's going to be rather humid as well. let's check on the commute. we have university boulevard pretty busy behind me as well as colesville. what's going on on the roads? >> new hampshire avenue northbound to the inner loop of the beltway, take a look. brand-new crash. chopper 4 got over this one. we are starting to see some del

let's check out tom kierein with your bus stop forecast. good morning to you, tom. >> hey, good morning. we're in the busy four corners section of silver spring. that's where university boulevard meets montgomery blair high school. we have a beautiful moon. temperatures only around 70 degrees. here is your bus stop forecast for the morning hours. we're going to have temperatures hovering right in the low 70s. between 7:00 and 8:00 at the bus stop. between 8:00 and 9:00, we'll have it climbing into the mid to upper 70s. during the afternoon it will be hitting the low 90s. so a lot afternoon. dress accordingly. short sleeves. good morning, melissa, how is traffic? >> overall actually looking pretty good, tom. 66 no problems. 95, at least the top of 95 is okay. if you head a little south there you can see 95 north at the truck scales a crash on the right shoulder. we are seeing a slowdown. inner and outer loop, no issues here. 95 in maryland at scaggsville, rolling along nicely. back in ten minutes. >> thanks, melissa. >>> just into the live de

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein on the weather deck. >> good morning.t looks like the last 90-degree day for the foreseeable future. we've got a warm and balmy breeze here you may hear the cars like critics rapping like 50 cent this morning. we've got the eastern delight in the eastern sky. there is a crescent moon. and the bus stop this morning, between 7:00 and 8:00, it is going to be muggy and mild. we'll be in the mid-70s with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine between 8:00 and 9:00. it will be jumping up to around 80 degrees by then, so, quite warm, as we get into the afternoon hours. for students, on the buses and heading back home, hot and humid, low 90s. late afternoon it will be up near 90 degrees. and some showers right along i-81 maybe with some thunder and lightning. we have breaking news on the roads, melissa. >> breaking news on the roads as you mentioned here. we're talking about kensington, connecticut avenue shut down at knowles avenue. as you're heading southbound you can go left on that. other than that, you're going to be stopped there on

i'm tom kierein. we're looking at beautiful temperatures and beautiful breeze.o-ing in from the east-southeast. live view at the capital camera overlooking union station. and we've got mostly a clear sky, temperatures right now pleasa pleasant, near 70 degrees in montgomery county, prince george's, mid 70s in washington. low 70s around the bay. around the mountains, it already dip the down into the 60s. storm team form radar, just a few showers and thundershowers way east of the outer banks. a look at the updated forecast for the rest of this labor day weekend. that's coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> a sterling neighborhood can rest a little earlier this evening after police arrested three people for the murder of a 17-year-old. police charged a juvenile for murdering the 17-year-old yesterday. an 18-year-old and 20-year-old are also facing gun charges. police say the crime appears to be gang related. one of those arrested may have gone to park view high school. school officials say they know there's gang activity but most students keep the activity out

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storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein the in fairfax county. rgest school district around here with our back to school forecast. tom? >> yeah, right here at the storm team 4 x 4, we have no wind at all. the wind gauge isn't moving at all. here at the hayfield secondary school in fairfax county, things started to pick up. we see more and more of the teachers starting to arrive and some of the school buses arriving. your bus stop forecast, low 70s for much of the next hour or two. but then it will jump to near 80 degrees by about 9:00 this morning as students are boarding the buses later on this morning. a perfect weather for back to school. melissa, how is traffic now? >> right now, we're starting to see some volume. 66 inbound there at 50, you can see a lot of folks on the roads early this morning. kids headed back to class. red line delays because of the track problem outside of bethesda still stinging around. georgia avenue and connecticut avenue, a report of an incident. outer loop top of the beltway taking you ten extra minutes. 66 looks pre

. >> tom kierein, good morning. >> good morning. beautiful here at the tidal basin with the storm team 4 by 4, general breeze, but the clouds are beginning to thicken and lower as we begin to see some rain approach us. there is the jefferson memorial, gorgeous scene here now. have the umbrella handy. got my compact umbrella. look at the storm team 4 radar, there is one narrow band of rain approaching us from the south. right along the beltway now where 95 meets the beltway in frank field, advancing north. should be coming into the immediate metro area here over the next hour or so. so you may need the umbrella as you're walking to work today. and heading back home. a greater chance of showers. let's check on the commute, what's going on now? >> good morning, tom. right now, brand-new accident here, just off the phone with police here. we're talking about southbound route 1 at telegraph road is what right now we have shut down. those southbound lanes are clezclez closed at this point. 95 south at fredericksburg, also had some road wo

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meteorologist tom kierein in the weather center with what we can expect. good morning. >>> it is a perfect late summer day. on this sunday morning starting off, you will notice the lower humidity in place. it is still comfortably cool in the akts to around 70 degrees and our camera overlooking uni station. showing a gentle breeze there flapping the flag and we are flooded with sunshine all around the region, less humid today. a little more humid tomorrow. here comes another heat wave that will be moving in later this week ahead. right now we are near 70 in the metro area. mid-70s in washington and nearby suburbs. mid-70s around the bay. and shenandoah valley now quickly climbing into the low 70s. still in the 60s in the mountains. many of the state parks are filled with campers. just a few high clouds drifting over. these are contrails from jet airliners later today. quick ly climbing into the low 80s by noontime. mid to upper 80s midafternoon with low humidity. a wonderful day coming up. a look at labor day and that heat wave coming up in a few minutes. >

let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. he's live on the weather deck. at's it like out there, tom? >> i'm feeling that breeze coming in from the north where i can see blue sky off to our west and to our north. but right in washington, still a bit of cloudy ps. the tower camera is a couple of hundred feet above the terrain there. in the foreground you can see friendship heights with the sun lit and a shaft of sun breaking through the clouds. we'll continue to see the clouds cruising off to the east and becoming partly to mississipost this afternoon. right now in shenandoah valley in the upper 50s. right now around 70 around the bay. the low humidity is coming your way. and if you plan on heading out for a morning run or any kind of outdoor exercise here by late morning will in the low 70s. early afternoon will be in the low 70s. 3:00 p.m. with lots of sunshine. just a few clouds come u through. the wind gusts may be coming at 15 to 20 miles an hour. this evening the wind dust diminish. i'm back. a look at the forecast for the coming week. >> all right. to

. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. we might get a few passing showers. we'll look at the week ahead, coming up. >>> i'm barbara harrison. the pope's visit to the u.s. is almost over but he said something he never said before, and it has people talking. >>> and the frightening moment in the middle a campaign stop that could have been a disaster. news 4 midday starts right now. >>> first at the live desk, take a good look, video of president obama addressing world leaders at the u.n. moments ago. the president urged diplomacy, particularly defending the iran nuclear deal and lifting the u.s. embargo on cuba, getting clause from delegates there. he spoke about the danger of returning to old methods of addressing unrest around the world. >> i stand before you today believing in my core that we, the nations of the world, cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. we cannot look backwards. we live in an integrated world, in company. we all have a stake in each other's success. we cannot turn back those forces of integration. >> we're also closely

in a moment tom kierein will update us on the forecast. >> first mollette green has more informationon the fires out west. >> fires are still raging out west as some residents return home to charred debris. look at what people in middletown, california came back home to see. some of those areas are still smoldering from the giant valley fire that. that fire only 35% contained right now. wildfires here and another in the sierra foothill forced 23,000 people to leave. flames destroyed about 720 homes and consumed hundreds of other buildings. >> thanks. >>> you have been hearing a lot about this story, but not always the people who are directly affected by it. kathy park is going in depth picking up our team coverage with the families living without a home right now. >> it's been three days. just terrible. sad and terrible. >> reporter: dozens of tents f cover the napa fair grounds. for now this is home for bill. >> i tried to sleep in the tent, i couldn't do it. i had to sleep in the tent. >> reporter: what you see here is all he could leave with. this might be all that's left. today t

i'm tom kierein, we got that coming up. >> i'm eun yang, jon stewart comes to washington. the message he's trying to spread here. news 4 midday starts right now. >>> i'm derrick ward in northwest, the rising of the sun has found dc water crews busy at work repairing a water main that broke just before dawn. it is a rude and dry wakening for folks here, but not the hospital across the way. >> the rupture was loud enough to shake some residents. >> i think it was a whoosh. >> it buckled the road and sent a wave of mud downhill to macarthur boulevard. it also made for some maneuver big motorists who used the parkway. what it didn't do was disrupt operations at the hospital. >> when we built and designed this hospital, we did so with a redundant water supply. >> reporter: while the eight-inch main may have busted, it's not the only way the hospital gets its water supply. they have a bigger line coming in from another direction. they were responsive in shutting off the eight-inch water pipe, so our 12-inch main feeder was not affected. >> and the emergency facility feeds off ma

let's check in with tom kierein for how it is shaping up. >> a lot of students getting back to school on tuesday. enjoy it while you can. we have a lot of clouds around. there's a live view from the storm team 4 capital camera. the fountain in the foreground. a lot of clouds, not producing a lot of rain. a couple showers in pennsylvania as well as near the mouth of the chesapeake bay. that's heading toward norfolk and virginia beach. around the metro area, no rain around, dry pavement. if you are about to hit the road, should not have any problems weather wise. temperatures are hovering near 70 in most of virginia and maryland. out of the mountains, low to mid-6s there. around the chesapeake bay, low to mid-70s. clouds early. going to be cooler today. temperatures by mid-morning, upper 70s. by noontime, near 80 degrees and hitting mid-80s this afternoon with a partly cloudy sky and noticeably less humid. back to you. >> thanks, tom. >>> police are trying to figure out how a person died. officers found human remains in a construction site at the end of shafer drive. detectives sent tha

. >> tom kierein is in fairfax with your school day forecast. morning, tom. >> yeah, right now, around the fairfax county region this morning, when heading off to work you may see school buses on the roads. but they'll be empty. bus drivers testing out the new routes, high school in fairfax county starting september 8th next week. will be starting 50 minutes later. that's not 15. 5-0 minutes later. they'll have to adjust to new traffic patterns they'll have to encounter as they get back to school next week. in fairfax county, providence elementary school, temperatures in the 70s. watch out for patchy fog in areas. and recess b, 90 degrees. heading back home, it will be in the mid-90s. dry roads this morning. any problems on the roads, melissa? >> do have different problems. north 15 north at liberty road. still have that crash. southbound at modders station road, all lanes blocked because of that motorcycle crash this morning. as far as travel times, no major problems. 270 southbound on german highway, looking good. outer loop from 95 to 70, ten

. >> i'm meteorologist tom kierein. i have a look at how long this will last. >> i'm barbara harrison we're about to get some answers when it comes to a potential transportation nightmare next week during the pope's visit to washington. we have an update from the metro station and we'll see a lot of the action. molette? >> we're looer at tive at the b metro station, where the pope next week will make a visit to the national shrine. right now metro and d. dot are getting set to brief us on this three-day transportation event to move people fast and efficiently as possible. in the meantime people in this community are bracing for the big event. >> a papal visit to the national shrine is expected to create traffic gridlock. >> horrific. >> reporter: pope francis will hold mass around dismissal time for brookland middle school. >> i leave pretty much early enough in the day, 7:45 to get to work by 9:00. >> reporter: preps for the mass come with warnings about street closures. thousands of ticket holders are urged to take a

temperatures start to cool and then an even bigger change coming just in time for the pope to arrive and tom kierein has more on that. >>> if you're not worried about the flu you should be. dr. jackie, and first off, doctor j., you had to write a prescription? what kind of season is this shaping up to be? >> let's hope it's a healthy season. you never know how bad it will be. it started in texas. they may have brought it back to our area. ? what types of different vaccines are being offered this year and who should get what? >> there's a couple of them and the first is high dose for the seniors and there's a group for those over the age of 18 and there are intradermal shots that have no need willies and very small dose and a jet injector that has no needle at all and that's for people over the age of 18, nasal sprays and age 2 to 49. that's not for pregnant people and asthmatics and the regular old flu shot is the final one and know which category you fit into, but get something, at least. >> new research about how to handle the flu. if you're a senior citizen. >> new research showed that if you do

. >> tom kierein is here to tell us more about what's coming tonight. >> yes, we've been searching forscribe this weather and i've run out of words in english. >> i found one word in english, that i haven't used yet and it's salubri our, us. >> and it's not after i go to google. >> more than two syllable is ani lost it. >> put down your ping-pong paddle, jim, don't come at me with that pipping pong paddle. >> pollen county is up because the weeds are up and the weeds along the toe path last week and the weed pollen is in the moderate range and it will stay that way here probably for the next several days as long as we stay warm and dry and we are dry. all of this area in yellow is normally dry includes most of virginia and the metro area and the panhandle of west virginia and the eastern shore and you can certainly see it. a lot of the lawns are dry and we are needing the rain and temperatures right now are in the mid-80s in the metro area and shenandoah valley is out of the mountains, too. and overnight tonight dropping back into the 70s and low 7 s under a clear sky and by dawn it wi

meteorologist tom kierein is in the weather center and these are bone-dry conditions. >> record bone for california and the reason is we've had a persistent jet stream pattern. that's the steering wind that steers storms with rain that has been locked in north of us and way north of california all spring and summer and since last year. this has been going on for several years in california. we've had this persistent, big area of dry weather all over most of california and much of the west and this is going to continue even though we're sort of coming into that time of year when they might start seeing a little bit of rain and they're getting rain there now. i've got a blue sky here and we are dry here, too. since august 1st, reagan national has had 1.43 inches and that's three inches below average. doug joins us here in just a couple of minutes and a look at this forecast and how long this dry pattern may last. >>> the woman who has set off a fiery debate over religious rights and same-sex marriage is back on the job and what she says about issuing licenses in the future. >>> a journ

. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein who is live in fairfax county for us.ood morning to you, tom. >> yeah, on the road here with the storm team 4 x 4 at the hay field secondary school. got a crescent moon and venus over the eastern sky now. this is the hay field secondary school, one of those opening up today. first day of school in fairfax county. there are about 1.1 million people in fairfax county. one in every six residents is a public school student. and they'll be many of them at the bus stops this morning. here's your bus stop forecast as we start our first day of school in fairfax county. we'll have kind of muggy conditions. kind of cool now. temperatures here right around 70 degrees. low 70s between 8:00 a.m. it's already up around 75 to as high as 80 degrees by mid-morning. now let's check the roads wither moe traffic around. what's going on, melissa? >> right now, tom, we have a problem here on the red line. we are single tracks between medical center and van ness. so we pushed that out as well and we have been watching that on first 4 traffic on